I was immediately drawn to Peak District Climbing because it’s published by Vertebrate Publishing. I have 3 of their mountain biking books and they have all been top-drawer. This book is no exception.
The book is beautifully laid out with full colour pictures overlaid with dotted lines to show the routes. Vertebrate haven’t tried to cram too many routes onto each page so the text is nice and clear and it’s easy to find the route you’re looking for. This is a godsend when you’re climbing and you need to keep referring to the book.
There are over 850 routes and bouldering problems in the book. Over 400 of the routes are within the mere mortal range of Mod to HS.
The grading for each climb is well presented, shown in both the UK adjective grade and the sport grade e.g VS, 4b.
Unlike the other Peak District climbing book that I have reviewed, Eastern Grit, this book not only has gritstone crags but covers the limestone crags and quarries too.
The book is choc full of inspirational climbing shots, advice on choosing your first rack, techniques, climbing terminology and best of all a really useful map of the peaks area with all of the crags clearly marked.
Here’s where you can buy a copy of Peak District Climbing. Let me know what you think to it.
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